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| | I am trying to access some of Adobe Acrobat 7.0's methods using win32com. The IAC reference manual ([url]http://partners.adobe.com/public/developer/en/acrobat/sdk/pdf/iac/IACReference.pdf[/url]) tells me that the methods I want are in AxAcroPDFLib but I'm having trouble determining which type library I need to load to get access to AxAcroPDFLib. I'm able to get access … |
| | Hai friends I have a small problem with my code... I want to copy an existing file (its a model MS Excel file) to a new file & name it with the current date... First I tried to create the model Excel file, but when I opened it, it had … |
 | Does Python have something like peek(memory) and poke(memory) of other languages that read and write to memory addresses directly?  |
| | I would like to write an application that would search a site like "minitorrents.com" and automatically download torrent files of tv shows I like. I am thinking urllib.py might be able to do something like this. I need to be able to use the search feature of "minitorrents.com", then recursivley … |
| | I am very new to python and I have this code that I wrote... I am trying to make it so the turtle will bounce if it touches any of the box.. but somehow the turtle does not fuction the way it suppose.. I wonder can anyone give me a … |
| | What are the ways to find substring in string in Python? Which way is most effiecient? |
| | What is the best way to sort a list of words with the case insensitive? |
| | Hello, I'm very new to python script and I am attempting to understand a part of a program developed at my work place because the have the most computer knowledge here, though still very little and the person who developed the program is no longer accesible. Here's the problem i'm … |
| | Dear Python Gurus: I am a very new Python user, would really appreciate your help. I used Python to write a web form for users to enter. The underlined database is Oracle. One validation needs to enforce to eliminate duplicates entries. For example: one customer ID can only be entered … |
| | I hear a lot about PyGame for writing games and that I understand is SDL in a Python coat. Is DirectX used in a similar fashon? Any examples?  |
| | Alright, I think my previous post about this subject was very confusing so I will try again. First off I appreciate all the responses to my prior post (Setting a Variable to the Exit Code). It is my understanding that when a script completes it returns an exit code. I … |
| | Hello to all!How can i make a list from all the small letters of the alphabet without writing every one?Is there an operator/function that does that,something like ['a'-'z'].I've tried in many ways but i'm new in Python and if there is that operator i haven't discover it yet.My appreciation! |
 | Ok well I've hit a snag... i'm trying to write a program that makes Acronyms from user input... I can get all the letters capitalize, but the problem i am having is, well, taking the first letter from each and puting them together to make an acronym!!!!! |
| | Hey everybody... Does sombody knows how can i use the getattr function in order to call to a sub function defined inside another one? somthing like this code: # ---------------------------- def func1 (self, func_name) : def func2 () : print "Blaaaa" def func3 () : print "Yaaaaa" getattr(?, func_name)() self.func1("func3") … |
| | I have been doing most all of my python programming in a linux bash shell. I mean I run all of my scripts from a bash shell. If my script produces an error(hardly ever happens :-), the error is outputted to the shell, so I am able to fix it. … |
| | I am just starting to look at writing class in Python. Can a class that I write inherit Python calendar? |
| | Does anyone have a meaningfull example of the use of the Profiler included in Python? |
| | I know that lambda is some kind of function in Python. What does it do? Why would one use it? |
| | I hope the spelling isn't too far off, but what is list comprehension statement and why would one use it? |
| | Hello! I'm a total dummy when it comes to programming, and now I have a heck of a data extracing job to do for my graduation thesis :cry: Hopefully somebody can help me in the right direction here, because a whole day of surfing didn't get me to the right … |
| | [B]Python and the JPEG Image File, Part 1, The Header[/B] [B]Intro[/B] The JPEG image file format (.jpg) is very popular on the internet because you can pack a lot of picture information into a relatively small file. There are competing file formats like GIF and PNG. GIF is rather limited … |
| | [B]Intro[/B] When you declare an integer variable in C, the variable is assigned a fixed memory location with enough space to hold the type integer. When you then initialize the variable with a value, the value is put into that space. Take a look at the C code sample below: … |
 | I am currently finishing up my B.S. in Computer Science at a local private University. When I started a couple of years ago, C++ was taught in the intro to programming course for freshmen. About two years later, Java was taught as a first language. (I disagree with that because … |
| | Is there a way one can interrupt the sleep() function with a key press in Python? |
| | For my simple programs I have wirtten, I have just been using a simple editer with syntax highlighting. This seems sufficient. What kinds of thing can a good IDE do for me? |
 | Couldn't sleep last night, so I was browsing and found the "Starting Python" thingy. I must say Python looks interesting from the examples. I learned C++ in school, Python sure looks easier to understand. Does any one think it's better than C++? |
| | Python is relatively new to me. I have mostly programmed in C and C++. I read that Python has a good build-in debugger, but I can not understand the information in the reference manual. Can anybody please give an actual commented example how this works. |
| | hello fellows, I seem to have a little problem: I tried to use the function getattr([I]object[/I], [I]attribute[/I]) with two strings which is being read from a xml file as arguments, and seem to have a problem with sending the first one as a string. the function thinks that the string … |
| | I have read vegaseat's "Projects for the Beginner" sticky and got really interrested in the eqaution solver for physics or mathematics problem. I just need a little Python hint how to get this started. |
| | Thanks a lot for the help on my last question. I have another problem that I need help with. I need to generate the check digit for an ISBN number. Like if the input is 076372339 the function should return 8. To find the check digit, which is the last … |
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